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Stonehedge in reply to @GoatandTricycle

Is this not just a product of the number of infections? Or is it something specific to this variant?

My understanding is that its pretty much down to the rate of reproduction, rather than anything special about the variant itself. More reproduction = more opportunity to try new things.

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GoatandTricycle in reply to @Stonehedge

Indeed. The probability around variants must be quite interesting.
To my mind it would suggest there is an optimal number of infections in terms of controlling variants.
High enough that any one variant can’t become dominant low enough that it can’t occur multiple times?

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